Bottle carrier



Feb. 15, 1944. REACH 2,341,571

BOTTLE CARRIER FiledJaLn. 22. 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Feb. 15, 1944. L. REACH] 2,341,571

BOTTLE CARRIER Fi led Jan. 22, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Zwzls Patented Feb. is, an

OFFICE BOTTLE CARRIER Luis Reachi,

Los Angel Ronrico Corporation, poration of Puerto Ric es, Calit, assignor 'to San Juan, P. 3., a cor- Application January 22, 1942, Serial No. 427,831

Claims.

The present invention relates to a bottle carrier, and more particularly to an auxiliary bottle carrier which is adapted to carry a bottle or a small number of bottles, and which is capable of being suspended from a main bottle carrier for a relatively large number of bottles.

In t e copending application Ser. No. 391,970, filed ay 5, 1941, there is described an auxiliary bottle carrier which is particularly adapted to be assembled with a main bottle carrier having an open end, with or without a projecting ledge. In the aforementioned application, there is shown an auxiliary bottle carrier having a pair of projecting tongues which are adapted to fit over adjacent bottles on a main bottle carrier so as to support in part the auxiliary carrier and retain the bottle therein in position. In addition to the tongues there disclosed, there are also shown projecting portions on the auxiliary carrier which extend into the open end of the main bottle carrier to assist in supporting the auxiliary carrier. 7 v

The present invention relates to an auxiliary bottle carrier which is more particularly adapted to be assembled with a main bottle carrier having closed ends or end walls.

It is one of the objects of the present invention, therefore, to provide an auxiliary carrier which includes means adapted to extend over and hook on the end walls of a main bottle carrier to assist in supporting the auxiliary carrier from the main carrier.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an auxiliary carrier with a plurality of tongues extending upwardly therefrom which are adapted to extend over the neck of bottles on the main carrier to support a portion of the weight of the auxiliary carrier and bottle, said carrier being also provided with auxiliary hook members extending from both the rear and. front walls thereof and adapted to assist the aforementioned tongues in supporting the weight of the auxiliary carrier and bottle therein.

A third object of the present invention is to provide projecting portions extending from the front and rear walls of the auxiliary carrier over the main wall of the main bottle carrier which not only assists in supporting the auxiliary carrier from the main carrier. but prevents collapsing of the auxiliary carrier, and serves to retain the same in operative condition to support a bottle.

A fourth object of the present invention is to provide an auxiliary bottle carrier with a hook member extending from the rear wall thereof which extends around a projecting portion of an end wall of a main carrier and into engagement with an adjacent side wall of the main carrier to produce a locking action which assists in retaining the shape of the auxiliary carrier and the positioning thereof upon the main carrier.

A fifth object of the present invention is to provide an auxiliary carrier having hooked portions which are adapted to cooperate with the end walls and/or other transversely extending walls of a main carrier to assist in supporting said auxiliary carrier from the main carrier.

A sixth object of the present invention is to provide an auxiliary carrier with projecting hook portions,- certain of which are shaped to produce a wedging action to assist in maintaining the auxiliary carrier on a main bottle carrier, and certain other hook portions which are adapted to have a locking action and directly contact the inner side of the end wall of the main bottle carrier.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the subsequent description and the figures oi the drawings wherein:

Fig. l is a plan view of a blank for an auxiliary carrier according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a main bottle carrier and an auxiliary carrier assembled therewith taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3'is a vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective of a portion of the main bottle carrier and auxiliary carrier being assembled therewith.

Fig. 5 is a section Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the main bottle carrier and auxiliary carrier in assembled relation.

Fig. 7 is a section similar to Fig. 5 of a modified taken on the line 5-5 of form of the invention.

Referring to the drawings, and particularly Fig. 1 thereof, there is here shown a blank of an auxiliary bottle carrier 0 according to the present invention, including a front wall portion in, a rear wall portion I! and a bottom I 2, each separated by suitable fold lines. Extending from the front wall portion I0 are a pair of hook portions l3 and M and a pair of tongues l5 and IS. The tongues I5 and I6 are provided with openings l1 and I8 respectively which are adapted to fit about the neck of a bottle, as shown particularly in Fig. 6. Separating the tongues l5 and I6 is the slot having an enlarged section I! and a relatively narrow section 20.

The enlarged portion I9 is adapted to fit about the neck of a bottle, and the shoulders formed by the narrow portion are adapted to retain a bottle in position.

Each of the hooked portions l3 and I4 are of somewhat different shape to cooperate with the end walls of the main bottle carrier to be hereinafter described. Each of the hook portions l3 and I4, however, is provided with a neck portion 2| and 22, respectively, and portions 23 and 24 which extend from the neck portions and are narrower adjacent the neck portions than at their extremities, thus being provided with a pair of slanting edges indicated at 25 and 26 for a purpose to be hereinafter described. The hook portions I3 and M are joined to the front wall portion of the box blank by fold lines 21 and 28 respectively and are adapted, when folded on these lines, to also form fragmentary side walls of the carrier.

The rear wall of the carrier is also provided with a pair of hook portions 29 and 30 of different sizes joined to the rear wal1 H by fold lines 3| and 32 respectively. The hooks 29 and 30 are provided with tapering edges 33 and 34 for a purpose to be hereinafter described.

Referring to Fig. 2, an auxiliary carrier is here shown assembled with a main carrier 35 having a bottom 36, side walls 31 and 38 and end walls 39 and 40. In the type of main carrier shown there is also provided a transverse partition and handle portion 4| joining the two end walls 39 and 40, and a plurality of transversely extending walls as shown at 42 and 43. The trans- 1 verse wall 4| and the walls 42 and 43 serve to divide the carrier into a number of pockets, each adapted to retain a, bottle as shown particularly in Figs. 2 and 6.

' As shown particularly in Fig. 4, the end walls of the carrier 35 are of an irregular shape necessitated by the unitary structure including the partitions and transverse walls, the end wall 40, for example, having a left hand portion which extends above the side wall 31 to form a projecting edge portion 44 which projects above the adjacent side 31. The right hand side of the end wall 40, one the other hand, is of intermediate height and provided with a normal corner portion.

The auxiliary carrier or box shown as a blank in Fig. 1 is shown particularly in Fig. 4 in assembled relation. In this position, the portions i0. II and I2 have been bent to form a front wall, a rear wall and a bottom. The hook portions l3 and I4 have been bent to form the sides of the auxiliary carrier and the hook portions 29 and 30 have been bent rearwardly from the rear wall to lie in parallelism with the hook portions l3 and I4 and the side walls 37 and 38 of the main bottle carrier. When the auxiliary carrier is assembled with the main carrier, therefore, the projecting portion 44 will extend into the corner formed by the hook 30 and the rear wall II; and the hook portion 30 together with the hook portion M will extend over the left hand edge of the main carrier 35 as shown particularly in Fig. 5 so that the edge 26 will be brought into contact-with the inner surface of the wall 43.

Similarly, the edge 34 of the hook 313 will exert a wedging action since the slot which divides the edge 34 from the rear wall narrows at its upper end. When a bottle is present in the auxiliary carrier and the same tends to be expanded therefor, the edge 26 of the hook l4 will press against the main carrier and auxiliary carrier and tend to maintain the same in tight contact at a point intermediate the upper edge of the main carrier, while the edge 34 of the hook 30 will tend to maintain the two carriers in tight contact at the upper edge of the main carrier.

The projecting edge portion 44 on entering the corner between the hook 30 and the rear wall of the auxiliary carrier II will also tend to exert a locking action to hold the two carriers together. Since no projecting edge is present on the right hand side of the main carrier as shown in Fig. 4.

there is no similar locking action at this side of the carrier, but the hooks l3 and 29 similarly engage the end wall and lie in substantial parallelism and adjacent the wall 33. As shown in Fig. 6,-the tongues l5 and I6 extend upwardly over the bottle 45 and cooperate with the necks of bottles 46 and 41.

In Fig. '7 a modification of the device is shown wherein the hooks 48 and 49 are adapted to engage the transverse wall 42 of the main carrier. The hooks 48 and 49 are somewhat similar in function to the hooks l4 and 30, and differ therefrom in general only in that they are elongated so as to span the distance between the wall 40 and the transverse wall 42. The hooks 48 and 49 are provided with depending portions 50 and 5| which are adapted to contact the transverse wall 42 .at 52 and 53 respectively and assist in maintaining the auxiliary carrier C in position on the main carrier 35.

I claim:

1. In combination with a bottle carrier having a base portion for supporting a plurality of bottles, side walls and a plurality of transversely ex- I tending walls connecting said side walls, an auxiliary carrier including a. front and rear wall, means extending from said rear wall over one of the transversely extending walls of the first mentioned bottle carrier and having a hook portion engaging said wall, and a second means extending from the front wall of the auxiliary carrier over one of the transversely extending walls of the first mentioned carrier and having a hook portion engaging said wall, said second means being longer than said first means to provide a side wall for said auxiliary carrier.

2. In combination with a bottle carrier having a base portion for supporting a plurality of bottles, side walls and a plurality of transversely extending walls connecting said side walls, an auxiliary carrier including a front and rear wall, means extending from said rear wall over one of the transversely extending walls of the first mentioned bottle carrier and having a hook portion engaging said wall, a second means extending from the front wall of the auxiliary carrier extending over one of the transversely extending 'walls of the first mentioned carrier and having a hook portion engaging said wall, said second means being longer than said first means to provide a side wall for said auxiliary carrier, and a third means extending from said front wall of the auxiliary carrier and cooperating with a bottle to support the upper end of said auxiliary carrier.

3. In combination with a bottle carrier having a. base portion for supporting a plurality of bottles, side walls and end walls, an auxiliary carrier including a front and rear wall, means extending from said rear wall over one of the end walls of said first mentioned bottle carrier and having a hook portion engaging said wall,

and a second means extending from the front wall of the auxiliary carrier over said end wall of the first mentioned bottle carrier and having a means being longer than provide a side wall for said 5. In combination with a bottle carrier having a base portion for supporting a plurality of bottles, side walls and a plurality of transversely extending walls connecting said side walls, an

of the transversely ex- 

